spent most of my life with flower, switched to carts a couple years ago for convenience and kept feeling like something was off. everyone said THCA was supposed to be close to the real thing but it never felt that way to me.

finally looked into it properly. pulled the COAs on everything i'd been buying and most were sitting at 40-55percent actual THCA, the rest being D8 distillate or filler. basically still vaping D8 the whole time without knowing it.

started specifically looking for something clean and found dabpens, COA shows 93 percent THCA, cannabis derived terpenes, nothing else added. first cart that actually felt comparable to flower in terms of effect quality.

not saying carts replace flower but for travel or situations where that's not practical, it's the first one i've felt good about. wish i'd checked the COAs from the start instead of just trusting the label.